New York: American Bureau of Shipping 1941. The ABS presents rules for constructing and classifying vessels, their machinery, and materials, with list of officers, committees, and surveyors. No dust jacket, 4to in royal blue cloth with gilt titles and ABS logo on front board, charts and tables, index, 315pp, stamped U.S. Maritime Commission but no ex-library markings, clean and tight, Very Good.
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40.00 USD

New York: American Bureau of Shipping 1960. The ABS presents rules for constructing and classifying vessels, their machinery, and materials, with list of officers, committees, and surveyors. No dust jacket, 4to in blue cloth with gilt titles and ABS logo on front board, charts and tables, index, 426pp, EX-LIBRARY small stamp on front endpaper and notation on front board, label removed neatly from rear, despite these minor markings contents are clean and tight, overall Good+.
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25.00 USD

London: Longmans, Green and Company [1899] 1931, revised edition. A calculation reference for students and draughtsmen engaged in shipbuilders' and naval architects' drawing offices, as well as a textbook for those preparing for various examinations in this subject. No dust jacket, 12mo in blue cloth, 150 text figures, 6 foldout plates in rear, 2 appendices, index, 526pp, boards heavily frayed, spine detached and absent though binding intact, overall Poor though an entirely serviceable reading copy.
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12.00 USD

Portland ME: National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maine 1982, 1st. History of George Tate, his home, and the colonial trade in masts and spars. SOFT cover, 6x9, 116pp, 13 b&w plates, no marks, as new, Fine.
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20.00 USD

Camden ME: International Marine Publishing Company 1978, 2nd edition. A discussion of design considerations in yacht design, with 58 proper yachts of all sizes and descriptions described in detail and illustrated in plans, cabin layouts, and action photographs. Dust jacket chipped and torn but intact, 8to in ochre cloth, illustrated throughout, index, 364pp, contents clean and tight with no marks, Very Good.
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35.00 USD

Salem MA: Marine Research Society 1925. Containing an explanation of term and phrases and the progressive method of rigging expressly adapted for sailing ships. No dust jacket, blue cloth, no marks, clean and tight, near Fine.
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150.00 USD

Stockbridge MA: Concepts Plus 1986, 1st US edition. Smashing color photographs by Dana Jinkins of the world's great yachts with special attention to the richness of the interiors, with notes by Jill Bobrow. No dust jacket, large square 4to in deep red cloth with bright gilt title on front board, pictorial endpapers, accommodation plans and photos throughout, 223pp, a few small lights spots on rear cover, contents clean and tight with no marks, Very Good+/-.
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55.00 USD

London: Halton and Truscott Smith 1927. A survey of the various types of sailing vessels, as exemplified by notable ship models, with numerous plates, some in full color. No dust jacket, 4to in blue cloth, illustrated with 66 b&w plates, heavy stock, a few pages of index and adverts foxed, all plats clear, 66pp of text, spine sunned, overall Fair/-.
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15.00 USD

New York: William Brady 1857 [2003] facsimile reprint of the 9th improved and enlarged edition. Subtitle: Young Sailors' Assistant, appertaining to the practical evolutions of modern seamanship, rigging, knotting, splicing, blocks, purchases, running-rigging, and other miscellaneous matters applicable to ships of war and others, illustrated with 70 engravings; also, tables of rigging, spars, sails, blocks, canvass, cordage, chain and hemp cables, hawsers relative to every class of vessels. Everything one needs to know about handling, maintaining and repairing a full-rigged ship is contained in this extraordinarily complete and authoritative encyclopedia of the maritime arts, compiled by a sailing master of the US Navy. No dust jacket, tall 8vo in navy cloth, illustrated throughout with drawings, 400pp, new, Fine.
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75.00 USD

Mineola NY: Dover Publishing Company [1962] 1972 facsimile reprint. The development of the art through its many practitioners in the US and Canada, including a geographical listing of all known shipcarvers. SOFT cover, 8vo perfect-bound, 134 illustrations all clear and sharp, bibliography, list of American shipcarvers, index, 173pp, near Fine.
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10.00 USD

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall 1974, 1st US edition. The classic reference work with over a thousand sailboats of all classes: dinghies, racers, and cruisers, with an index. Dust jacket, 8vo in blue cloth with titles silver-stamped, line drawings throughout, contents clean and tight, index, 1237pp, near Fine.
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35.00 USD